Paper-supporting table for paper-feeding machines.



V A. BROADMEYER. PAPER SUPPORTING TAB LE FOR-PAPER FEEDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-5, 19w.

1,183,627. v Patented May16,1916.

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ALBERT BBOADMEYER, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE W. O.

HIGKOK M'ANUFACTURING OF PENNSYLVANIA.

(30., OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION PAPER-SUPPORTING TABLEFOR PAPER-FEEDING MACHINES.

1,183,627. Original application filed May 20, 1915,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BROADMEYER,

a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and

a resident of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper-Supporting Tables for Paper-Feeding Machines, of which thefollowin is a specificatiom y present invention relates generally to,

paper feeding machines of that nature described and shown in myapplication Number 29,326, filed May 20, 1915, and is, moreparticularly, an improved'table for holding a stack of paper within suchmachine, this application being a division of my applica-' tion Number29,326, just mentioned.

Among the objects of my present invention are first, the provision-of afeed table detachable from its support for removal when its supply'ofpaper has become exhausted and which, with its said support,

carries cooperating means whereby it may.

be quickly and easily placed upon such sup; port in[ definite, exactrelation to the other parts of the machine, and second,'the provision ofa feed table having paper guide members preventing lateral movement ofthe stack thereon, and capable of ready and quick adjustment toaccommodate paper of Various sizes. These and otherobjects areaccomplished by means of the construction shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure l is a sectional plan view of my improved feedtable. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section taken therethroughsubstantia'lly on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectiontaken therethrough substantially .on line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4. isa, fragmentary perspective view showing in' detail the connection of oneof the" paper gluides.

Refe iring now to these figures, it will be noted om Figs. 1 and 2 thatthe support for the.table 10 are vertically adjustable on uprigh guidestandards 11, forming part of a frdme, portions of which are shown attg. 2, and which frame carries vertical s :ew bars 13, said tablesupport consistingij of brackets 1 L having end yokes 15.

engaging the standards 11, and also having centra threaded bearings 16through which Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 29,326. Divided and this application 1915. Serial No. 43,781.

Patented May 16,1910. filed August 5,

and 2) which studsv are adapted to seat within conformable recesses inthe lower surfaces of side cleats 18 secured to the under side of thefeed table 10, whereby the.

slots, in which grooves are seated plates 20,.

lamping blocks 21', being extended into the slots 19 and providedwithapertures 21* for. the reception of clamping bolts 22, the upperends of which bolts are threaded for engagement within threadedapertures 20 of the plate 20, and the lower ends of which bolts areprovided with winged heads 22 as plainly seen in Fig. 3. Each of theadjusting plates 20 also carries a depending socket 23 which receivesthe lower end of one of the upright paper guide rods 24 extending abovethe table 10 at one side thereof as plainly seen by reference to Figs. 1and 2. The adjusting plates 20 may be connected by means of a rigid bar25 so as to render their adjustment uniform under all conditions andinsure the longitudinal alinement of the rod 24.

1. In a paper sheet feeding machine, a vertically adjustable feed tablefor supporting a paper stack, having laterally projecting slots, platesadjustably disposed in the low the said adjusting plates; and clampingscrews connecting the adjusting plates and the clamping platesv wherebyto lock the former in adjusted position.

2. A feed table for supporting a paper stack, havinglaterally projectingslots, plates adjustably disposed in the said slots and provided withdepending sockets for the reception of guide rods, and clamping jeetingguide rods for the paperymeans means Working in the said slots forsecuring working 1n the said slots for securing the 3. A feed table forsupporting a paper and a rigid connection betweenthe saidd- 5 stack,having a pair of: laterally projecting justing plates whereby to insuretheir uni-z slots, a pair of adjusting plates movable in form adjustmentand alinement in 0 erati0n..;' the slots and provided with upwardly pro-ALBERT BROADM YER.

the said adjusting plates in selected position. said adjusting plates indesired positions, 13

